Publication of research results
“Kyushu University Open Access Policy (Decided by the Education and Research Council in January 2016 and beginning operation in January 2017)” states, “Research results which use public research funding given to faculty members are published by the Kyushu University Academic Information Repository”. Additionally, based on the "Basic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers and Other Publications" (Decided by the Cabinet Office's Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council on February 16, 2024), it has been mandated that starting from the new call for proposals for academic year 2025, research outcomes (peer-reviewed academic papers and supporting data) funded by grants such as the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi) must be made immediately open access.
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There are two main methods for making papers open access: first, submitting to journals that require payment of article processing charges (APC), known as 'gold open access,' and second, self-archiving in institutional repositories, such as the university’s, known as 'green open access.'
At the University, self-archiving is available free of charge through the “Kyushu University Academic Information Repository (QIR)”.
Website of the University Library > Kyudai Collection > Repository (QIR)
https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_browse/papers/?lang=1
○Registration on the Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR)
[People who may register]
- ・Staff or graduate students who are, or have in the past been, members of the University
[Materials that may be registered]
- ・Theses in academic journals, dissertations, bulletin theses, theses presented at conferences, technical reports, research reports, etc.
[Registration method]
- 1. Registering from your Library account
Website of the University Library > Log in > Repository registration (QIR)
https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/activities - 2. Requesting registration to the Library
Send the material you wish to register to the Digital Repository Section of the University Library
By email Attach an electronic file
To: qir★jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Email:Send hard copies or electronic media
To: On-campus postal code ＩＷ１ - 3. Register via the Faculty Activity Progress and Reporting System (Q-RADeRS)
When reporting research results, upload electronic files together
(The file should be the author’s final draft if the paper was posted in a journal).
IR Office Website > Q-RADeRS > Log in
https://researcher-db.ir.kyushu-u.ac.jp/
* For papers registered on QIR, DOI will be attached and continuous access is guaranteed(This makes it easier to be quoted). And it can be searched on the Kyudai Collections as well as search engines such as Google and the whole document can be read. It also links to "Researchers' Activity Developments & Reports System - Q-RADeRS" as well as "Kyushu University Researcher Information”. Please use them together.
○How to utilize QIR
Not only papers but various contents created during research activities can also be registered on QIR.
- ・Slides or posters used for academic conferences or symposiums
- ・Books you wrote or parts of them (chapters or paragraphs), newsletters, magazines for general readers, articles posted in newspapers, etc.
- ・Presentation material for lectures, distributed material, study material such as videos
- ・Papers that received awards (include the fact that a prize was received)
- Note:
- In the case of registering materials that are already published or released as well as registering derivative works, copyright clearance may be needed. For more details, please make inquires through the contact below.
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